In the spring of 1975, a quiet corner of Wisconsin became the setting for a UFO encounter that would eventually grow into something much stranger.

In Part One of UFOs Over Wisconsin, we travel to Elmwood, Wisconsin, and meet George Wheeler—a local police officer who reportedly considered himself a skeptic when it came to UFOs.

That changed one April night.

While on patrol, Wheeler encountered an enormous orange object in the sky—something unlike any conventional aircraft he knew. What began as a single unexplained sighting would leave Wheeler watching the skies, camera and binoculars close at hand, wondering if whatever he had witnessed might return.

But Wheeler wasn't the only one seeing strange things over Wisconsin.

In this first installment, we explore the setting surrounding the Elmwood encounters, the reports beginning to emerge from the region, and the first chapter of a case that would eventually become one of Wisconsin's strangest UFO stories.

And George Wheeler's most extraordinary encounter was still to come.

In Part Two: More sightings. Strange effects on vehicles and electronics. A second encounter involving Wheeler. And the events that would transform a local UFO report into an enduring Wisconsin mystery.

From the Void explores the strange, unexplained, and unknown—from UFOs and unsolved mysteries to paranormal encounters and the stories that exist somewhere between fact, folklore, and the void.

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The Bermuda Triangle may be the world's most famous region of unexplained disappearances—but few people realize North America has its own.

Stretching across the waters of Lake Michigan lies an area where ships have vanished without a trace, aircraft have disappeared from the sky, strange lights have been reported for generations, and even experienced captains have simply… disappeared.

In this episode of From the Void, we journey into the chilling legend of the Michigan Triangle. We'll explore the mysterious disappearance of Northwest Airlines Flight 2501, the baffling story of Captain George Donner, ships that sailed into history and never returned, and the growing collection of unexplained sightings that continue to fuel speculation today.

Is there something unusual about this stretch of water? Are these tragedies simply the result of Lake Michigan's notoriously unpredictable weather? Or could there be another explanation waiting beneath the surface?

Join us as we separate documented history from folklore and investigate one of America's most overlooked mysteries.

• The history and geography of the Michigan Triangle
• The disappearance of Northwest Airlines Flight 2501
• The mystery of Captain George Donner
• Ships lost without explanation
• Strange lights and unexplained sightings
• Scientific explanations versus paranormal theories
• Why the legend continues to grow decades later

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Until next time...

Keep asking questions.

Keep looking into the darkness.

Because sometimes...

...the truth is waiting there.

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Season 10 of From the Void is almost here.

This season, we'll continue doing what we love most—taking deep dives into some of the strangest mysteries, unexplained events, historical oddities, and paranormal encounters you've ever heard. Along the way, we'll be joined by leading researchers, experts, historians, and firsthand experiencers as we separate fact from fiction... or at least try to.

But while you wait for the new season to begin, we've launched something completely new.

Our brand-new subscriber-exclusive series delivers at least four brand-new spooky stories every month.

Some of these tales are inspired by real events, forgotten legends, and unexplained cases. Others are entirely fictional. We won't tell you which is which.

Instead, we invite you to listen closely, examine the clues, and decide for yourself where reality ends and imagination begins.

Whether it's an abandoned highway, a lonely lighthouse, a forgotten town, or a voice on the other end of the line... every story is designed to leave you wondering long after it's over.

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On June 7th, 1992, three women vanished from a quiet home in Springfield without a trace.

Their cars remained in the driveway.

Their purses sat untouched inside the house.

The television was still on.

A small dog wandered nervously through the home.

And somewhere in the middle of it all… there was reportedly a strange message left on the answering machine.

A message that was accidentally erased before investigators ever heard it.

More than thirty years later, the disappearance of Sherrill Levitt, Suzie Streeter, and Stacy McCall remains one of the most haunting unsolved mysteries in the Midwest.

Tonight, we explore the timeline, the theories, the strange details, and why this case continues to linger in the American imagination decades later.

• The final known movements of the three women
• The eerie discovery at the Delmar Street home
• The infamous erased voicemail message
• Conflicting witness accounts and timeline gaps
• Crime scene contamination concerns
• Theories surrounding the disappearance
• Why cases involving “absence” affect us differently psychologically
• The lasting legacy of one of America’s most unsettling unsolved mysteries

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• Contemporary newspaper archives from Springfield-area publications
• FBI case summaries and public statements
• Interviews with family members and investigators
• Historical reporting surrounding the disappearance
• Regional reporting on unsolved Midwest disappearances

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And don’t wander too far into the dark.

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What happens when a Pulitzer Prize-winning psychiatrist from Harvard University risks everything to study one of the most controversial phenomena of our time?

In this episode, we explore the life and work of John E. Mack—a respected academic who turned his attention to individuals claiming to have experienced alien abductions.

Were these encounters psychological? Symbolic? Something else entirely?

Or did Dr. Mack uncover something that challenged the boundaries of reality itself?

🛸 The Abduction Research

Dr. Mack began interviewing individuals who reported:

• Missing time

• Encounters with non-human entities

• Medical examinations aboard unidentified craft

• Recurring, lifelong experiences

Unlike many skeptics, Mack approached these cases without immediately dismissing them as delusion.

His key findings:

• Most experiencers showed no signs of psychosis

• Many accounts were remarkably consistent across individuals

• Experiences often carried deep emotional and transformative impact

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🔗 Sources & Further Reading

• Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens – John E. Mack

• Passport to the Cosmos – John E. Mack

• Harvard Crimson archives on the Mack investigation

• Interviews with experiencers and researchers in the field

For five days, Travis Walton was missing.

No body.

No evidence.

No explanation.

Then—he came back.

In Part 2, we pick up where the story turns from a disappearance into one of the most controversial and debated UFO encounters in modern history.

What Travis described wasn’t just an abduction story—it was something stranger… more fragmented… and far less like the narratives that would come later.

This episode explores:

• Travis Walton’s firsthand account of what he experienced

• The now-famous polygraph tests administered to the crew

• The media firestorm that followed

• Skeptics, investigators, and the enduring debate: hoax, trauma, or something unexplained?

Nearly 50 years later, the Walton case remains one of the most studied—and divisive—UFO encounters ever recorded.

🧩 What We Cover

👁️ Travis’s Account

• Regaining consciousness in a strange environment

• Descriptions of the beings he encountered

• The interior of the craft (and why it differs from typical “alien” reports)

• The moment he returns—and what condition he’s in

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On November 5, 1975, a group of loggers in the forests of northeastern Arizona witnessed something that would become one of the most famous—and controversial—alien abduction cases in history.

A glowing object.

A beam of light.

And a man—gone.

In Part 1 of this two-part series, we step into the dense woods near Snowflake, Arizona, where Travis Walton vanished in front of six eyewitnesses. What followed wasn’t just a missing person case—it became a national media frenzy, a criminal investigation, and a story that still divides skeptics and believers nearly 50 years later.

Was this a hoax?

A shared delusion?

Or one of the most credible UFO encounters ever recorded?

• The logging crew: who they were and why they were in the woods that day
• The moment everything changed: the sighting of the unidentified object
• Travis Walton’s approach—and the blast of light
• The immediate aftermath: panic, fear, and a desperate decision
• Reporting the disappearance to authorities
• The growing suspicion: were the crew members hiding something?
• Early media coverage and public reaction
• The beginning of one of the most scrutinized investigations in UFO history

• Travis Walton – Forestry worker who vanished for five days
• Mike Rogers – Crew leader who reported the incident
• The six eyewitnesses – whose testimonies would be questioned, tested, and analyzed

• Law enforcement response and search efforts
• Rising tensions between investigators and the logging crew
• The role of polygraph tests—and why they mattered
• Early skepticism from both authorities and the public

• What makes a witness “credible”?
• How do group sightings challenge traditional explanations?
• Why do some UFO cases gain traction while others fade away?
• What role does fear play in shaping memory and testimony?

This case would later inspire the 1993 film Fire in the Sky, bringing Travis Walton’s story to a global audience—and cementing it as one of the most well-known alien abduction narratives ever told.

But how much of that film reflects what actually happened?

• The Walton Experience – Travis Walton
• Interviews with the original logging crew (various archives)
• Contemporary newspaper coverage (1975–1976)
• APRO (Aerial Phenomena Research Organization) case files
• Skeptical analyses and counterarguments from investigators and journalists

Travis Walton returns.

But where was he?

In Part 2, we dive into:

• Travis’s account of what happened during those missing five days
• The alleged encounter aboard a craft
• Medical examinations and psychological analysis
• Contradictions, criticisms, and competing explanations
• Why this case remains one of the most debated UFO encounters of all time

What do you think happened to Travis Walton?

Was this:

• A genuine extraterrestrial encounter?
• A misidentified natural phenomenon?
• Or something else entirely?

Let us know your thoughts—and theories.

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In this episode of From the Void, we examine one of the most famous — and most controversial — alien abduction accounts ever recorded: the experiences of Whitley Strieber.

Strieber wasn’t a fringe figure chasing attention. He was a successful horror novelist living in upstate New York when, in the mid-1980s, he began reporting a series of disturbing encounters that would ultimately lead to the publication of Communion — a book that changed the public conversation around alien abduction claims forever.

What makes Strieber’s story so enduring isn’t just what he claimed happened — it’s how seriously it was taken by many researchers, therapists, and readers, and how deeply it continues to unsettle even decades later.

In this episode, we explore:

• Who Whitley Strieber was before the abduction claims
• The events that led to the writing of Communion
• What Strieber reported experiencing — and how those memories emerged
• Whether there were corroborating sightings or reports in the area
• Why the emotional consistency of those involved complicates easy dismissal
• And how Strieber’s case sits at the crossroads of psychology, trauma, folklore, and the unknown

Rather than arguing for a single explanation, this episode asks a more difficult question:

What do we do with experiences that feel real to the people who lived them — even when they defy explanation?

Before Communion, Whitley Strieber was best known as a bestselling author of supernatural and horror fiction. His credibility, literary success, and reluctance to frame his experience as entertainment made his story uniquely disruptive.

Strieber never claimed certainty about what happened to him. Over time, his explanations evolved — ranging from extraterrestrial encounters to consciousness-based phenomena — but the emotional core of his account remained strikingly consistent.

Strieber’s story sits at the center of a much larger pattern:

• Thousands of reported abduction experiences worldwide
• Common themes across unrelated witnesses
• The role of memory, sleep paralysis, hypnosis, and trauma
• And the uneasy overlap between subjective experience and objective reality

Whether Communion represents contact, psychological phenomena, or something else entirely, it remains one of the most important primary texts in modern UFO and abduction lore.

Whitley Strieber

• Communion
• https://www.harpercollins.com/products/communion-whitley-strieber
• Transformation
• https://www.harpercollins.com/products/transformation-whitley-strieber
• Breakthrough
• https://www.harpercollins.com/products/breakthrough-whitley-strieber

Related Researchers & Context

• Budd Hopkins — abduction researcher and author of Intruders
• Dr. John E. Mack — Harvard psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize winner who studied abduction experiences
• The broader wave of abduction reports in the U.S. during the 1980s–1990s

(Future episodes will explore Mack’s work and how researchers attempted — and struggled — to study these experiences scientifically.)

From the Void approaches stories like this with care.

We distinguish between:

• Verifiable facts
• Personal testimony
• Psychological explanations
• Cultural and historical context

We don’t rush to conclusions — because the most honest answer is sometimes uncertainty.

If this episode left you unsettled, curious, or conflicted — that’s the point.

Because some stories don’t ask us to believe.

They ask us to listen.